Game thread - Red Deer Rebels vs Chilliwack Bruins - 7:30
-I'll have the pregame show for you at 7. Hoping to get a few words prior to the game with a couple of Red Deer boys, Jeff Einhorn and Mitch Topping.
Topping is in his rookie season with the Bruins, and was their first-round pick in the 2008 Bantam Draft. Meanwhile, Einhorn, a member of the Telus Cup AAA Midget Optimist Rebels back in 2007, has just recently returned to the lineup after suffering a scary preseason injury when he was hit in the throat with a high stick.
-The Bruins are coming off a 2-1 overtime loss to the Medicine Hat Tigers, and after a tough start, have really buckled down defensively over the last couple of games. In fact, The Bruins have picked up at least a point in five straight.
-The big gun for the Bruins continues to be Ryan Howse. The Calgary Flames draft pick is a natural goal scorer, and has 8-5-13 in 11 games this season, and is also a team-leading +8, remarkable considering the Bruin's inability to keep the puck out of their net in the early going.
Check back here prior to the game, and I'll have the lineup HERE, although considering the good effort Red Deer had last game, I don't expect any changes.
Edit. No changes. Darcy Kuemper vs Mark Friesen
Kudrna - Green - Coetzee
Ferguson - Nugent Hopkins - Cowen
Redmond (returns to lineup) - Kambeitz - Elson
Mayor - Siwak - Persson
Morin - Weller
Bell - Archer
Witt - J. Deagle
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As for the game last night:
Red Deer Rebels 6 Portland Winterhawks 2
-Rookie phenom Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored twice, as did Andrei Kudrna, while new WHL scoring leader Willie Coetzee (pictured) set up four goals, as the Red Deer Rebels knocked off the Portland Winterhawks 6-2
-I'll have the pregame show for you at 7. Hoping to get a few words prior to the game with a couple of Red Deer boys, Jeff Einhorn and Mitch Topping.
Topping is in his rookie season with the Bruins, and was their first-round pick in the 2008 Bantam Draft. Meanwhile, Einhorn, a member of the Telus Cup AAA Midget Optimist Rebels back in 2007, has just recently returned to the lineup after suffering a scary preseason injury when he was hit in the throat with a high stick.
-The Bruins are coming off a 2-1 overtime loss to the Medicine Hat Tigers, and after a tough start, have really buckled down defensively over the last couple of games. In fact, The Bruins have picked up at least a point in five straight.
-The big gun for the Bruins continues to be Ryan Howse. The Calgary Flames draft pick is a natural goal scorer, and has 8-5-13 in 11 games this season, and is also a team-leading +8, remarkable considering the Bruin's inability to keep the puck out of their net in the early going.
Check back here prior to the game, and I'll have the lineup HERE, although considering the good effort Red Deer had last game, I don't expect any changes.
Edit. No changes. Darcy Kuemper vs Mark Friesen
Kudrna - Green - Coetzee
Ferguson - Nugent Hopkins - Cowen
Redmond (returns to lineup) - Kambeitz - Elson
Mayor - Siwak - Persson
Morin - Weller
Bell - Archer
Witt - J. Deagle
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As for the game last night:
Red Deer Rebels 6 Portland Winterhawks 2
-Rookie phenom Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored twice, as did Andrei Kudrna, while new WHL scoring leader Willie Coetzee (pictured) set up four goals, as the Red Deer Rebels knocked off the Portland Winterhawks 6-2
1. POR Bennett, (5) (Walker), 0:12
1. R.D Nugent-Hopkins, (7) (Kudrna, Coetzee), 7:00 (PP)
1. R.D Kudrna, (5) (Coetzee, Morin), 13:18
1. R.D Cowen, (3) (Ferguson), 19:36
2. R.D Ferguson, (3) (Coetzee, Kuemper), 13:28
2. POR Ross, (6) (Niederreiter, Rutkowski), 17:32 (PP)
3. R.D Kudrna, (6) (Coetzee), 5:31
3. R.D Nugent-Hopkins, (8) (Cowen, Ferguson), 14:41
-It was an inauspicious start for the Rebs, as they had to rebound from a breakdown just 12 seconds in.
-Darcy Kuemper, I thought, played his best game at home this season. At times, it definitely didn't feel like a 6-2 game, and with the score 4-2 late in the second, Portland made a push, and Kuemper, who made 34 saves, was at his best.
-16 year old 4th liner Daulton Siwak is doing some very good things while on the ice, and it's a shame he's still looking for his first WHL point after 19 games. He has a lot of offensive skill, as evidenced by his 15 year-old point totals with the AAA Midget Optimist Rebels last night. Siwak had another strong game last night, and it's only a matter of time before the points come.
-Speaking of points, Josh Cowen (4 pts in 10 games) is only 2 away from his totals of last year. With three goals already, he's been a pleasant surprise.
-17 year-old Connor Redmond made his return to the lineup. He's missed the last 6 games with a shoulder injury.
1 comments:
Kudrna has been very good. I´ve always thought that he has been good, but didn´t show all his potential at Giants.
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